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Copying a Sequence using Premier Pro CC 2019

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March 28, 2019
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Hi there,

New'ish to using PP, been trying it out for a couple of weeks now. One thing that eludes me, how to copy a sequence I have made.

I understand that sequences have their own source and that simply copying one and pasting it only copying 'everything' so change a title in one will change it in another, this because they have the same source.

However I have watched various 'older' videos explaining work arounds, none using PP 2019. There surly must be a 'simple' way of copying a sequence, then changing the source without having to rebuild sequence after sequence.

I have one sequence I wish to reuse it 5 times in the same slideshow but with different titles and images.

Am I over complicating things or can't this be done?

Many thanks in advance, Pete

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Correct answer Carlos Ziade

Carlos Ziade hi there,

Ok, getting a tad confused however...

Ok I created a new 'project' called NEW PROJECT, I then create a sequence called NEW SCENE 1.

I opened up a template called Final Sequence.

May sound simple enough however, how do I copy a single scene from Final Sequence to NEW SCENE 1?

I can't work it out. If I simply copy and paste, any changes made to NEW SCENE 1 affects the Final Sequence template which I dont want.

Many thanks again.

I prepared a short fast tutorial:

https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/3d636c10-54ee-49d5-7086-be164493175e

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tony_tony

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We created an extension for easy and true duplication (copying and pasting) of sequences, and it's create unique copies of all items included the sequence with custom settings of naming.
https://aescripts.com/duplicate-it/

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Carlos Ziade

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To go further with this, premiere pro templates should be well structured for an easy drag and drop process,

so if you want to add more of sequences you like, especially when nested and you might even have nests

inside other nests, as this is how templates work, you should be really careful when duplicating sequences

or using replace with bin. I suggest you contact the template creator to customize it for you, or if you can

message me and give me access to your timeline via teamviewer maybe I can help... or at least show you

one procedure and put you on the right track. Until now, we have so many suggestions and I thank all for that,

but unless we see the template structure, no perfect solution would be given...

The pancake workflow works but you have to save as many projects as you want duplicated

sequences and start dragging and dropping from one to another. (I suggested this solution because I really know

that duplicating and replacing with bins will get it more complicated especially when having nests inside nests which

I suppose happens a lot with templates). you can even try the ALT+DRAG while having the assets you want to replace

on the timeline selected, this will keep all attributes and replace assets, but what if it was a nested sequence and there

are scaling or other things applied to the nest, this will get everything corrupted. You will have to duplicate the nests,

then replace them using ALT+DRAG... in short, you will have to understand the template structure which is time consuming.

NorfolkPeteAuthor

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Carlos Ziade Good morning Carlos,

Firstly I really appreciate the video and your time with this, you and the others on here have been an immense help.

I have tried the other suggested methods here and the pancake method works 'perfectly' for what we need.

Sure we use nested sequences however your suggested method works perfectly for my needs. I had done exactly what you suggested in your video before seeing it, your vid further confirmed what I was doing was what you suggested.

We use a mix of purchased templates and ones we have created ourselves. The ones we purchase from Envato Market or Ramphant tend to be slightly more complex with transitions and movement than I can create, however when I see what they do, I pull this apart, learn, copy and edit.

The issue which prompted my question on here was, we need to mix up and create unique slideshow videos, these fast moving various images about 30 second long. It was this I couldn't work out.

Your suggestion works great. I have a new Project, I open a template, move it above my new project and drag the nested sequences to my new. I have also tried opening 'another' template and adding sequences from that too.

In essence I can see, due to using 'pancake timelines', what I have in my new project, I can then add sequences from any number of templates to create a totally new project that's unique however using elements from previous work. FABULOUS!

I just need to try and keep workspace and files neat otherwise things get kind of messy.

While I appreciate what everyone has had to say, and as I am still finding my way with PP, any suggestion is great and I have tried all the above, on this instance using the pancake timeline method is great and I can imagine using this often moving forward.

To be able to see multiple timelines while you edit, drag and move about is invaluable.

Thank you again Carlos, and of course everyone for you help.

Regards, Pete

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Carlos Ziade

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no problem you are most welcome Pete, and if you have any other questions we are all here to help ...

one last thing is that if you even want to make more than one duplicate of specific sequences from the

same project, you can make as many copies of that same project (only the project file, name it project 02,

project 03 lets say) and stack all of them with your final sequence in a pancake workflow. Customizing

assets of project 02, will not make changes to the same assets in project 03 for example. With the

addition of opening multiple projects inside Premiere Pro you now have unlimited capabilities beyond

what you can imagine! I don't think copies of the same project file will take space...

good luck with your projects!

MyerPj

Community Expert

I don't think the pancake / one-at-a-time thing is your solution Pete, you want all of it. You've got a sequence you like, copy the whole thing and replace the bits using Replace with clip from bin, etc. Did you try that yet?

NorfolkPeteAuthor

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MyerPj Hi there,

You know, just as your email came through I was trying exactly that.

I just hover over the Pr Project file on my desktop, right click and duplicate the whole thing, it has a new name, open it and sure....I can edit everything just great. Thank you...very obvious now I try it

One thing, what if I have two projects, and I want a few sequences from one, and a few from another. How would you suggest this?

Thanks for your patience

MyerPj

Community Expert

From the new current project you can select FILE/Import, pick the project you want to import from, when you do you get an option to import the whole thing or a sequence, pick the sequence you want and it will import along with the assets that it uses.

Play around with that...

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Carlos Ziade

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did you try to use a 'Pancake' timeline?

start a new sequence and drag the old one's timeline just below the new sequence timeline,

you will have 2 timelines above each other. Simply drag the content you want from one timeline to the other,

this will create new sources for whatever you drag, and you can edit them separately without affecting the originals.

you can even do that from one project to another since you can have more than one project open since premiere pro cc 2018.

NorfolkPeteAuthor

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Good morning Carlos Ziade

Using a 'Pancake' timeline sounds like the most useful to me and I'm giving this a try however...

I watched this video: Video Editing Quick Tip: Stack Timelines in Premiere Pro

And tried this, so I have Final sequence which is the template, and the Edit Master which is a new sequence.

If I take a scene from the Final and copy it to the Edit Master, this clip then has all the styles and motion I wish to take.

The issue is if I make a change to the Edit, it also changes the top one which I don't want.

What I am after is to create a unique set of sequences from a template, these I can then replicate time and time again and move in which ever order I wish.

Am I missing something at all?

Thank you, Pete

MyerPj

Community Expert

Okay, the tutorial you shared shows you how to use 'Pancake Timelines' in a way that

allows you to make edits to your sequence (that shows on the program monitor)

by editing the sequence that you dragged to the source monitor.

When customizing templates the way you want, forget about that because you do not want

the changes to one sequence affecting the other. So, what you have to do, since you can

now open 2 projects in premiere pro, is to open the template, then open a new project where

you will have the final sequence. Stack the template's timeline under or above your new project's

timeline as pancake timelines, and start dragging from the template sequence to your new sequence.

This way you will have new copies to your new project sequence. Whatever you do with those

will not affect the template ones.

Hey Pete,

I don't think you are gaining anything with a 'pancake' edit. With that you can just copy the pieces over one by one instead of duplicating the sequence on time.

The replace with item in bin does what you want, you'd have to go to each element and point it to the new file. Plus of course change the Essential Graphic titles to new text. That 2nd part is regardless, no?

If you don't want to do any editing of the pictures in the timeline, (what we around here call editing) the only thing I can think of is a naming convention for your files. So, the template would hold: file1, file2, file3, etc.... then on disk you would have file1, file2, file3, etc....

So you could copy/rename the template/project in windows, then have the new set of files files1, 2, 3 etc... in the proper path in Windows and (probably deleting the PP cache) load it up and the'd all be there, just change the graphics and you are good to go.

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DigitalSpatula

Inspiring

If you duplicate your sequence, then you can select all the titles in your new sequence and option drag them to a new track to create copies that have their own new source.

Steve

NorfolkPeteAuthor

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Hi Steve DigitalSpatula

I had seen this mentioned in a YouTube video and did say a little earlier in my comments...

I noticed that all the individual elements in the new were of the same names as original. SO I highlight all of these, hold ALT and drag above originals, this then renames them. I then delete the originals and I have new elements in a new sequence?

What was key to all of this was what @Peru Bob said

Don't copy the sequence. Copy the contents of the sequence and paste into a new sequence.

Then MyerPj suggested

You can also simply right-click the sequence in the Project panel and select "Duplicate", might be a bit quicker...

So what I thought was near impossible has various options, these I'm testing now

Peru Bob

Community Expert

Don't copy the sequence. Copy the contents of the sequence and paste into a new sequence.

NorfolkPeteAuthor

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Hi there,

Thanks very much for that. Hmmm I hadn't done that

Ok so am I doing this correctly?

I create a brand new sequence. I then go to the one I wish to copy, highlight all the contents, and paste into my new sequence?

I noticed that all the individual elements in the new were of the same names as original. SO I highlight all of these, hold ALT and drag above originals, this then renames them. I then delete the originals and I have new elements in a new sequence?

This 'seems' to work.

MyerPj

Community Expert

You can also simply right-click the sequence in the Project panel and select "Duplicate", might be a bit quicker...

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